Two Highly Conserved Cysteine Residues in HPV16 L2 Form an Intramolecular Disulfide Bond and Are Critical for Infectivity in Human Keratinocytes

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R9S mutation in L2
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0004463#article1.body1.sec3.p3

The correct furin cleavage mutant described by Day et al. was R12S for HPV16. The corresponding mutant for BPV1 was R9S.

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